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Dr. Emma E. Bird @dremmabird.bsky.social · Aug 4

fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...
#ResearchFunding opportunity in #HumanEvoultion at the Smithsonian

#AcademicSky #AcademicJobs

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)

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Juliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt

Programmer in Ecological Modelling

Full-time, permanent, EG 10, Reference number: 2025/72

shorturl.at

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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · Jun 15

Marchand: compared to those born to a bighorn ewe when she's young, lambs born when she's old have shorter lives, wean fewer lambs. At any age, ewes that live longer have lambs that live longer and have higher reproductive success. url:https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/36/4/araf046/8126721

Offspring longevity for bighorn sheep at Ram Mountain, Alberta, Canada (1971-2013). Solid lines represent model predictions for female
offspring under average female density conditions (results for male offspring are reported in Table 1). Shaded bands represent 95% confidence
intervals while gray lines are modeled trends for individual mothers. (A) Offspring longevity as a function of maternal age at birth. (B) Offspring
longevity as a function of maternal longevity, estimated by the age at last sighting

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Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Jun 16

Interested in Postdoc Research here in Oxford? Many projects possible using long-term population studies of birds, field & lab experiments with insect consumers, phenology of trees all in Wytham woods & based in new Biology building
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-p...

Image of the new Biology Building, completed, and opening from August 2025

Lunch with the field team to celebrate another successful season - May 2025

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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · Jun 10

How good is your garden for hedgehogs? 🦔 Take the challenge and find out how your garden rates! 👇
www.hedgehogstreet.org/garden-challenge

#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social

The Hedgehog Garden Challenge - Hedgehog Street

How good is your garden for hedgehogs? Take the Garden Challenge and find out how your garden rates with top tips for making improvements!

www.hedgehogstreet.org

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Jun 10

Calling all dog owners!

We're currently conducting a research project at the University of Glasgow exploring how early social environments—such as staying with littermates or joining single- vs. multi-dog households—shape puppies' behaviour and stress resilience during their first year of life.

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UCD-CVERA @ucd-cvera.bsky.social · Jun 9

PhD opportunity in bTB modeling - "The transmission of bovine tuberculosis: deciphering biological mechanisms with statistical and mechanistic models" - see below for application process @ucdvetmed.bsky.social‬ & UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics #ResearchOpportunity #PhD #LoveIrishResearch

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · Jun 2

There is still time to apply for this post. DL extended until 15 June. Read more and apply 👇 @biologylu.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #HotLife

Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

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Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

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Andreas Nord @cyanistesnord.bsky.social · May 22

I am looking for a postdoc wanting to use functional genomics to understand why birds 🐦 struggle with climate warming in @erc.europa.eu project #HotLife. Ideal candidate is a molecular evolutionarybiologist. Join us at @biologylu.bsky.social. Details 👇
shorturl.at/wijEq

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Post-doctoral fellow in functional genomics and ecophysiology

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · May 23

🎓Congratulations to Dr Rachel Reid for passing her Viva this week! 🎉
📄 Viva title: ‘Assessing the Impacts of Urbanisation and Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) on Avian Health using both meta-analysis and experimental methods.’💡🦜

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Laboratory of Seasonal Biology @stevensonlab.bsky.social · Mar 17

Excited to share the latest publication from the group, which outlined how the bird brain detects light and the links to seasonal control of reproduction.

@physiologyuog.bsky.social
@sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library

Extra-retinal photoreception is common across fish and avian species. In birds, the hypothalamus contains non-visual photoreceptors that detect light and regulate multiple endocrine systems. To date,....

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Mar 14

Exciting opportunity in animal welfare science with industrial experience and a lovely supervisory team! Closing date 28th March.

Katherine Herborn @k-herborn.bsky.social · Mar 13

Hi Bluesky, we are looking for a PhD student for an interdisciplinary project on thermal imaging & welfare in hens. Applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds welcome -if you're interested in welfare, physiology, machine learning, imaging tech..get in touch :-) www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 30

Last chance to apply!

Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 24

One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:

Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 24

It was an honour to present my work to The Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology @klivvvienna.bsky.social & members of the Konrad Lorenz Institute @vetmed.bsky.social last week. Thank you for the invitation & making me so welcome. I look forward to future collaboration!
#WilhelminebergSeminarTalk

FIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · Jan 23

We are delighted that @davinahill.bsky.social (left) followed the invitation of @valeriamarasco.bsky.social and visited the FIWI! Davina's #WilhelminebergSeminarTalk focused on behavioural and physiological responses to social and climatic stress in small mammals.
@klivvvienna.bsky.social

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Kathryn R Elmer @profkathrynelmer.bsky.social · Jan 23

We are hiring a postdoc to work on a data-rich evolutionary genomics project about origins & maintenance of viviparity vs oviparity. Details in advert and evoldir. @physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @eseb.bsky.social please re-sky!

University of Glasgow view of tower and to the south across the city

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 24

One more week to apply for @uofglasgow.bsky.social's James McCune Smith #PhD Scholarship on this and other topics:

Indicators of #hibernation quality in #hedgehogs with me @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social and @julianowack.bsky.social @ljmuofficial.bsky.social

Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

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Ed Ivimey-Cook @eivimeycook.bsky.social · Jan 20

🎉🎉New Preprint!!🎉🎉

"From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution"

doi.org/10.32942/X24...

Myself and a whole bunch of awesome coauthors reviewed data- and code-sharing policies across 275 journals that publish ecology and evolution studies.

From Policy to Practice: Progress towards Data- and Code-Sharing in Ecology and Evolution

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FIWI Vienna @fiwivienna.bsky.social · Dec 19

Last week we enjoyed a captivating and inspiring #WilhelminenbergSeminarTalk by Tyler Stevenson
@stevensonlab.bsky.social about the molecular mechanisms behind seasonal adaptations in Djungarian hamsters (and more!)🐹
@physiologyuog.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 6

Our new paper led by John Cook @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social is out!

Open access in Journal of Dairy Science: Assessing #transition #cow management in #dairy cows for improved #health, #milk production, #pregnancy, and culling outcomes

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#sociality #stocking density

Assessing transition cow management in dairy cows for improved health, milk production, pregnancy, and culling outcomes

Understanding of the social environment has the potential to benefit dairy cow welfare and production. Our aim was to evaluate the associations of sto…

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Jan 3

Last chance to apply for a funded PhD on #health and #welfare in #dairy #cattle!

Deadline Monday 6th January.

Instructions to apply here: gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Dec 31

Last week to apply for our funded NorthWestBio PhD!

Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Dec 31

Our new paper led by @rachfinrob.bsky.social is out!

Open access in Research Elements journal MethodsX: A systematic scanning method to locate cryptic terrestrial species
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#dormouse #conservation #hibernation #crypsis @ptes-org.bsky.social

Graphical abstract to explain the technique to detect cryptic species.

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Dec 10

Link to apply: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

The NWB admin team will be running an information session tomorrow Wed 11th Dec at 11am-12pm GMT to answer any questions. Send me a direct message for the link to register.

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Davina Hill @davinahill.bsky.social · Dec 10

Fully-funded NorthWestBio BBSRC PhD studentship on Johne's disease in cattle 🐄 based at @uofglasgow.bsky.social in collaboration with @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social .

For further information or to apply: NWB (gla.ac.uk)

📅Deadline: 6th January 2025
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Chris Harrod @profchrisharrod.bsky.social · Nov 14

An absolutely stunning Autumn morning here at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment aka SCENE, the @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social field centre on Loch Lomond.

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